Wisdom-Hylton leaves Purdue women's basketball coaching staff

WEST LAFAYETTE - Lindsay Wisdom-Hyton has spent more than a decade associated with the Purdue women's basketball program.

A player for five years. An assistant coach for seven seasons.

Wisdom-Hylton's run with the Boilermakers ended this week. The former Boilermaker All-American stepped down to pursue other opportunities in coaching.

"I really want to grow in the profession and enhance my résumé," Wisdom-Hylton said Thursday. "I think this will be a good time to venture out. There are a lot of opportunities out there.

"For me personally and professionally, it’s time for me to venture out of my comfort zone and grow. I love coaching and I love Purdue and it’s been really hard. I need to venture out if I want to become a head coach one day."

Wisdom-Hylton primarily worked with the program’s post players.

"For her career and résumé and what she needs to do, she needs to be able to go and learn from somebody else and grow her career," Purdue coach Sharon Versyp said Thursday.

Purdue posted a job opening for a senior associate head coach for the program Monday. Nadine Morgan holds the title of associate head coach and Beth Couture is an assistant coach.

"We’re just trying to get the best pool of candidates possible," Versyp said. "Just depends on experience. We’re just trying to find the best fit. We’re trying to get the best pool, the biggest pool and then we’ll go from there."

Wisdom-Hylton graduated from Purdue in 2009 and was the 13th overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.

She played two seasons with the Sparks. She also played with the Chicago Sky and the Washington Mystics. Wisdom-Hylton also played overseas in Austria, France, Greece and Israel.

"I’ve traveled the world and played on different continents, different countries and different cities and it’s time for me to live out there and see what other opportunities there are," Wisdom-Hylton said.

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